Improved bed-bottom



intent (Biiim ANDREW WE ST, OF BURLINGTON, IOWA.

Letters Patent No. 83,809, dated November- 3. 1868. I

IMPROVED BED-BOTTOM.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the lame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Axnnnw WEs'r, of Burlington, in the county of Des Moines, and in the Stateof Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bed-Bottoms; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a spring-bed bottom, in which the springs are so made and arranged that all danger of their breaking is, in a great measure, obviated.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains, to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure I is a sectional side dew, and

Figure 2 is a plan view.

Figure 3, perspective of the spring.

A represents abedstead, made in any way desired, on the sides of which, at the lower end, are secured side rails, B B. On these side rails two cross-slats, O C, are placed, which support the springs. The springs D D are Z-shaped, as shown in fig. 1, the ends riveted together, and the lower end secured to the cross-slat O. The upper end is slotted, as seen in fig. 3, and a flat-headed screw secures this end to the under side of the bed-slats E E. By turning this screw halt way around, the spring will come off very easily.

The head-part of the bed-bottom is hinged to the other part, each slat being hinged separately, and at the upper end the head-slats are connected with two cross-slats, I1 F, one on each side. The upper end' of the head part-rests 'on two upright pieces, G, one on each side ofthe bedstead.

This hingd head-part can'be adjusted atany height desired, by means of the hinged arms II, as seen in fig. l.

It will be seen thateachbed-slat rests on two of these peculiarly-constructed springs, so that each slat works independently of another, and the springsbeing riveted together, they are not so liable to be broken.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The -Shaped springs D D, braces I I, uprights G G, and slats E E, all constructed and arranged sub- 

